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35 Canst thou send lightning bolts, that they may go and say unto thee, Hineinu (here we are)?

36 Who hath put chochmah in the inward parts, or who hath given binah to the mind?

37 Who can number the clouds in chochmah, or who can tip the waterskins of Shomayim,

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35 Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?(A)
    Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
36 Who gives the ibis wisdom[a](B)
    or gives the rooster understanding?[b](C)
37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?
    Who can tip over the water jars(D) of the heavens(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:36 That is, wisdom about the flooding of the Nile
  2. Job 38:36 That is, understanding of when to crow; the meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.